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The state government today told the Supreme Court that Major Aditya Kumar was not named as an accused in the FIR of the January 27 incident in which three civilians were killed.

The Supreme Court today said that there will be no investigation in the Shopian Firing case in which Jammu and Kashmir government had ordered an inquiry against Army jawans.

The state government today told the Supreme Court that Major Aditya Kumar was not named as an accused in the FIR of the January 27 incident in which three civilians were killed. Taking on record the statement of the state government, the apex court said there should be no investigation till April 24 in the case.

A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justices A M Khanwilkar and D Y Chandrachud had on February 12 restrained the Jammu and Kashmir police from taking any "coercive steps" against Army officers, including Major Aditya Kumar, who was earlier reportedly named as accused in the case.

The apex court was hearing the plea of Lieutenant Colonel Karamveer Singh, the father of Major Aditya Kumar, seeking to quash the FIR against his son